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Police standoff ends peacefully

Man arrested after two-hour manhunt

By LEE WILLIAMS
lwilliams@TheCitizenNews.com

Peachtree City police found themselves in the midst of a two-hour manhunt Thursday with a felon who allegedly threatened to blow up his mother’s home and kill himself, two children and an officer if necessary because he said he wasn’t going back to jail, police said.

But the situation between authorities and the suspect, identified as 25-year-old Christopher G. Little, ended peacefully.

All it took to convince Little to come out of his mother’s home on Meadow Run without a fight was to mention the word “SWAT Team,” Maj. Mike Dupree of the Peachtree City Police Department indicated.

“We had the house surrounded and he heard them call in the SWAT Team,” Dupree said. “When he heard that he ran out of the house yelling, ‘I give up. I give up.’”

Little, a convicted burglar who was wanted by the Cobb County Police Department for violating the terms of his probation, was taken into custody without further incident. Little is no stranger to crime, authorities said.

“A check into his criminal history revealed he had an extensive history of convicted offenses and felony charges,” Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray said in a prepared statement.

Little now will face three counts of terroristic threats, two counts of child endangerment, criminal trespassing and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with Thursday’s incident, police said.

The manhunt began about 11 a.m. after police received a call about a domestic dispute between Little and his mother at 206 Meadow Run, authorities said.

While arguing with several people, Little displayed a handgun and threatened to fire the weapon, police said.

“He threatened to shoot into the heater and blow the house up with the mother and kids inside,” Dupree said. “He also threatened to kill himself and an officer because he said he wasn’t going back to jail.”

Armed with a gun, Little, formerly of Cobb County, and a female friend, also from Cobb, fled into the golf cart path. The female was unable to keep up with Little, Dupree said.

Police kicked off a widespread manhunt and searched for Little for several hours. The officers checked cart paths, businesses and neighborhoods in hopes of rounding up the elusive suspect.

Some officers caught poison ivy while searching the cart paths for Little.

Little returned to the home on Meadow Run where police later tracked him down.

“Officers surrounded the home and gave numerous commands for him to exit peacefully,” Murray said. “After approximately 20 minutes, he surrendered to the police.”

Little was scheduled to have his first court appearance Friday afternoon in the Fayette County courthouse. A magistrate judge would at that time decide whether Little should be granted bond.